Profile
Name:
Andy
Channel Views:
3,400
Style:
Acoustic
Joined:
February 23, 2007
Last Sign In:
9 hours ago
Subscribers:
91
Website:
http://www.andysheppard.com
Oil and water. It's all about contrasts for Andy Sheppard. He coaxes brave new sounds from a converted '69 Martin steel guitar and a late-model laptop. He smashes folk and world music together with found sounds and stompbox loops. He sings out lyrics of a childhood in tobacco country and stirs them together with world-wandering stories from Africa and Asia. Oil and water.
"a strong but nuanced sense of pulse and a gift for lovely melodies" - Guitar Player Magazine
"a mellifluous guitarist whose influences run the gamut from folk to blues to bluegrass, to sounds from Brazil, Africa, and the South Pacific" - John Kendle - Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg
"a tremendous guitarist" - Matt Galloway - CBC Radio, Toronto.
Oil and water. It's all about contrasts for Andy Sheppard. He coaxes brave new sounds from a converted '69 Martin steel guitar and a late-model laptop. He smashes folk and world music together with found sounds and stompbox loops. He sings out lyrics of a childhood in tobacco country and stirs them together with world-wandering stories from Africa and Asia. Oil and water.
"a strong but nuanced sense of pulse and a gift for lovely melodies" - Guitar Player Magazine
"a mellifluous guitarist whose influences run the gamut from folk to blues to bluegrass, to sounds from Brazil, Africa, and the South Pacific" - John Kendle - Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg
"a tremendous guitarist" - Matt Galloway - CBC Radio, Toronto.
About Me:
"a strong but nuanced sense of pulse and a gift for lovely melodies" -
Guitar Player Magazine
"a tremendous guitarist" -
Matt Galloway - Here And Now - CBC Radio, Toronto.
"a mellifluous guitarist whose influences run the gamut from folk to blues to bluegrass, to sounds from Brazil, Africa, and the South Pacific" -
John Kendle - Uptown Magazine, Winnipeg
"one of this countrys most talented world music guitarists"
Rob Williams - Winnipeg Free Press
"Andy throws a party everytime he picks up his guitar"
Stephanie Hodnett, Parlo.com, New York.
"this is fine playing... if Andy comes to your town, watch for him"
Margaret Isaacs - CBC Radio, Halifax
"a true instrumental virtuoso" -
Jeff Robson - UMFM Radio, Winnipeg
"it's as if the Central American influences of Bruce Cockburn met the drums of the South Sea islands"
Peter Bowman - Dundas Review
Websites:
www.andysheppard.com
www.cdbaby.com/sheppard3
Record Label:
STR
Label Type:
Independent
Band Members:
Andy Sheppard
Influences:
Kelly Joe Phelps, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, Iron & Wine, Michael Hedges, Sufjan Stevens, Alexi Murdoch, Xavier Rudd, Tuck Andress, Tony Trischka, Daniel Lanois, The Weakerthans, Kevin Breit, Harry Manx, Zubot & Dawson, Ron Sexsmith, Salif Keita, Paul Simon, S.E. Rogie, V.M.Bhatt, David Lindley
Sounds Like:
Kelly Joe Phelps, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, Iron & Wine, Michael Hedges, Sufjan Stevens, Alexi Murdoch, Harry Manx, David Lindley
Country:
Canada
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Regards,
Paul.
Really cool channel and cool music!
You've got style on lap steel and guitar!
Cheers from Paris,
Chris
Thanks in Advanced
Kris
(Academy of the Music and Sound)